What term best describes the AWS pricing model?
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Correct Answer:B
AWS operates on a pay-as-you-go model. No upfront cost or termination fees.
What is the relationship between AWS global infrastructure and the concept of high availability?
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Correct Answer:B
As an AWS user, you can create your applications infrastructure and duplicate it. By placing duplicate infrastructure in multiple regions, high availability is created because if one region fails you have a backup (in a another region) to use.
Under what circumstances would you choose to use the AWS service CloudTrail?
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Correct Answer:B
CloudTrail is AWS's logging service used to log actions taken by users in your AWS account.
If you have a large collection of reproducible objects, which S3 storage class should you use if low cost is your priority?
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Correct Answer:C
The reduced redundancy storage class has the lowest durability of all the storage classes. This means object stored in this storage class have the highest probability of being lost. So you should only store objects in this storage class if they can be easily reproduced. In exchange for the lower durability, the cost is lower than the standard storage class.
What SQL database engine options are available in RDS? (Select all that apply) Choose the 3 Correct answers:
Correct Answer:ABD
RDS offers the following SQL options: Aurora MySQL MariaDB PostreSQL Oracle Miscrosft SQLServer
Amit is running a web application with a capacity of 5000 users. Every few days, traffic reaches 5000 users and any additional users are being denied access. What can Amit do to efficiently automate the process of adding and removing server capacity based on traffic demand?
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Correct Answer:C
Auto scaling in AWS allows you to configure metric-based rules that (when triggered) will add and/or remove instances (server capacity) to your application. Adding/moving instances is then automated based on the metric rules you configure.